Policing Social Media: How Does Moderating Social Content Affect Traditional News Outlets?

Where does the traditional news media fit in a world in which social networks increasingly filter and edit what is viewed by the public?

In this episode, we discuss how social networks are coming under increasing pressure to police the content on their platforms, specifically offensive videos involving violence and sexual abuse. We examine the ways in which Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are attempting to moderate what we can view on their platforms.

Rachel Blundy, a journalist at Storyful’s Hong Kong bureau, is joined by her colleagues Layla Mashkoor and Asia Editor Iain Martin, as well as Anne Kruger, chief of staff at ABC in Australia and formerly a principal investigator at the Cyber News Verification Lab at Hong Kong University.